440 Mr. E. Adams on the Birds of Michalaski. 



breast. The female is very considerably larger than the male. 

 We found them afterwards at Port Clarence. 



Arctic Tern. Sterna arctica (Gould). 



Ter-kus-le-ko, T-uk, Eski. 



[Sterna niacrtira, Naum. ; Dall & Bann. p. 306.] 



A few pairs of these birds arrived on the 16th of May, and 

 bred near Michalaski about the elevated dry spots in the 

 marshes : one or two nests were found singly ; but the others 

 were together upon a dry knoll. 



I saw one day at this colony a bird of much smaller size ; 

 but I had not my gun, and I saw no more of them. The 

 •natives say that there are two of them, one larger than the 

 other, but that they rarely see the smaller one. 



Sabine^s Gull. Larus sabinii. 



Nud-jush-ling-uk, Eski. 



[Xema sabinii, Dall & Bann. p. 306.] 



A few of these birds made their appearance about the 

 marshes on the 7th of May ; and a few pairs bred there. They 

 were often feeding about the mud of the lakes ; but I never 

 saw them on the sea-shore. Their food consists of worms 

 and insects. They are very bold, dashing at the head of any 

 intruder upon their domain, like the Kittiwake; at other 

 times they are rather shy and wary. 



Ktttiwake. Larus tridactylus. 



Nor-o-yow-uk-chok, Eski. 



[Rissa tridactyla, Dall & Bann. p. 305.] 



This common bird made its appearance on the 6th of May ; 

 and some of them were always to be found about the marshes 

 and on the sea-coast. They remained to breed in the marshes. 



Glaucous Gull. Larus glaucus. 



Kok-e-ze-buk, Eski. 



[Larus glaucus, Dall & Bann. p. 304.] 



These birds were among the first to arrive ; several of them 

 were seen about the edge of the ice on May 22nd. They 

 breed in the cliffs of some small islands near Michalaski, and 

 were constantly to be met Avith about the sea-beach and hunt- 



